Here SHE is, the USS New York, made Steel from
the World Trade Center!
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center
..
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include
special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and
700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault
craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was
melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it
was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers
treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was
there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center
steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood
up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us
down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'
The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'





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